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LYN LIFSHIN
CINDERELLA GOES TO TYSON'S CORNERS
She's had it with
glass on her toes,
pointe shoes were
bad enough but trying
to even job or sprint
past pan handlers
or make it up the
metro stairs, it's a
pain in glass. One
wrong move and her
achilles tendon
could rupture. that's
what they did to
Eskimo women who spit
back at men or maybe
it was in Africa.
whatever-- she does
not want her feet
mangled like Chinese
women's were. Who
cares if they are
dainty, tiny little
slivers of bread.
She wants comfort,
something to let her
move. Who the hell
wants a prince anyway
she scowls, pressing
the gas, shifting
for herself. Better
to be left waiting
on the sidelines
to be asked to dance
when she can hot
foot it on her own to
places as a princess
she'd never be allowed
to even try to get to.
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